All posts tagged ‘George Lemaitre’

Hubble Then And Now by Flickr CC user NASA Goddard Photo and Video. Andromeda galaxy as viewed by Edwin Hubble on the 100-inch Hooker telescope in 1923, compared to the same galaxy viewed by the Hubble space telescope in 2011, nearly 90 years later.

The night sky has always been fascinating to me, but being that I’m a geek who gets overly excited about many many things, astronomy was always pushed back as something I’d tackle more seriously later on. When I learned that I was pregnant three years ago, I was immediately excited at the prospect of teaching my child about the natural world. Now two years old, my toddler has already taken a surprisingly dedicated interest in the sky. I started feeling self-conscious that I didn’t have enough sky knowledge to feed her curiosity, but instead of worrying I decided that this could be ourthing. In this subject we could change the dynamics of our relationship, taking off my parent-educator hat and becoming her astronomy study buddy. We could attend sky parties, join an astronomical unit, and learn about the sky together!